--- title: "15 Son of god Quotes By The Church Fathers" description: "15 Son of god quotes by The Church Fathers. Plus more from The Church Fathers and more Son of god sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/the-church-fathers-1438_bethlehem_the-inheritance-of-judah-that-the-son-of_652339.jpg" --- > [“the inheritance of Judah that the Son of God shall come, who is God, and who was from Bethlehem, where the Lord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-inheritance-of-judah-that-the-son-of-god-shall-come-who-is-god/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/the-church-fathers-1438_bethlehem_the-inheritance-of-judah-that-the-son-of_652339.jpg) > [“He did also descend upon the Son of God, made the Son of man, becoming accustomed in fellowship with Him to dwell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/he-did-also-descend-upon-the-son-of-god-made-the-son-of-man-becoming/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/the-church-fathers-1438_human-race_he-did-also-descend-upon-the-son-of-god_3190940.jpg) > [“For He fulfils the bountiful and comprehensive will of His Father, inasmuch as He is Himself the Saviour of those who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-he-fulfils-the-bountiful-and-comprehensive-will-of-his-father/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/the-church-fathers-1438_father_for-he-fulfils-the-bountiful-and-compreh_2007941.jpg) > [“the Son of God did not then begin to exist, being with the Father from the beginning; but when He became incarnate,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-son-of-god-did-not-then-begin-to-exist-being-with-the-father-from/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/the-church-fathers-1438_parenting_the-son-of-god-did-not-then-begin-to-exi_2098133.jpg) > [“For the law never hindered them from believing in the Son of God; nay, but it even exhorted them so to do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-the-law-never-hindered-them-from-believing-in-the-son-of-god-nay/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/the-church-fathers-1438_son-of-god_for-the-law-never-hindered-them-from-bel_1624053.jpg) > [“Christ, who was called the Son of God before the ages, was manifested in the fulness of time, in order that He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/christ-who-was-called-the-son-of-god-before-the-ages-was-manifested/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/the-church-fathers-1438_parenting_christ-who-was-called-the-son-of-god-bef_371924.jpg) > [“For the whole exodus of the people out of Egypt, which took place under divine guidance, was a type and image of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-the-whole-exodus-of-the-people-out-of-egypt-which-took-place/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/the-church-fathers-1438_divine-guidance_for-the-whole-exodus-of-the-people-out-o_2135216.jpg) > [“For it was for this end that the Word of God was made man, and He who was the Son of God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-it-was-for-this-end-that-the-word-of-god-was-made-man-and-he-who/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/the-church-fathers-1438_death_for-it-was-for-this-end-that-the-word-of_1222307.jpg) > [“the Lord declared, “He that believeth in Me is not condemned,” that is, is not separated from God, for he is united…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-lord-declared-he-that-believeth-in-me-is-not-condemned-that-is-is/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/the-church-fathers-1438_son-of-god_the-lord-declared-he-that-believeth-in-m_807900.jpg) > [“God had power at the beginning to grant perfection to man; but as the latter was only recently created, he could not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/god-had-power-at-the-beginning-to-grant-perfection-to-man-but-as-the/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/the-church-fathers-1438_life_god-had-power-at-the-beginning-to-grant_2656517.jpg) > [ “service \[rendered\] to God does indeed profit God nothing, nor has God need of human obedience; but He grants to those who… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/service-rendered-to-god-does-indeed-profit-god-nothing-nor-has-god/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f13/the-church-fathers-1438_fellowship-with-god_service-rendered-to-god-does-indeed-prof_236553.jpg) > [“The sacred books acknowledge with regard to Christ, that as He is the Son of man, so is the same Being not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-sacred-books-acknowledge-with-regard-to-christ-that-as-he-is-the/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/the-church-fathers-1438_books_the-sacred-books-acknowledge-with-regard_2146728.jpg) > [“He shall also judge those who give rise to schisms, who are destitute of the love of God, and who look to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/he-shall-also-judge-those-who-give-rise-to-schisms-who-are-destitute/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b40/the-church-fathers-1438_body-of-christ_he-shall-also-judge-those-who-give-rise_570467.jpg) > [“the path of those belonging to the Church circumscribes the whole world, as possessing the sure tradition from the apostles, and gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-path-of-those-belonging-to-the-church-circumscribes-the-whole/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edd/the-church-fathers-1438_light-of-christ_the-path-of-those-belonging-to-the-churc_550068.jpg) > [“God is powerful in all things, having been seen at that time indeed, prophetically through the Spirit, and seen, too, adoptively through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/god-is-powerful-in-all-things-having-been-seen-at-that-time-indeed/) The Church Fathers [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/737/the-church-fathers-1438_eternal-life_god-is-powerful-in-all-things-having-bee_2060549.jpg) ## Other authors on Son of god - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oswald-chambers-72884.jpg) Oswald Chambers 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/son-of-god/oswald-chambers/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gordon-b-hinckley-39012.jpg) Gordon B. 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Lewis 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/son-of-god/c-s-lewis/) ## More by The Church Fathers > [ “both the Mosaic law and the grace of the new covenant, as both fitted for the times \[at which they were given\], were bestowed… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/both-the-mosaic-law-and-the-grace-of-the-new-covenant-as-both-fitted/) The Church Fathers > [ “the precepts of an absolutely perfect life, since they are the same in each Testament, have pointed out \[to us\] the same God, who… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-precepts-of-an-absolutely-perfect-life-since-they-are-the-same-in/) The Church Fathers > [“God is not as a man.” He thus shows that all men are indeed guilty of falsehood, inasmuch as they change from one thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/god-is-not-as-a-man-he-thus-shows-that-all-men-are-indeed-guilty-of/) The Church Fathers > [ “Paul in like manner declares, “Love is the fulfilling of the law:” and \[he declares\] that when all other things have been destroyed, there… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/paul-in-like-manner-declares-love-is-the-fulfilling-of-the-law-and-he/) The Church Fathers > [“as then the condemnation of sinners extended to others who approved of them, and joined in their society; so also is it the case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/as-then-the-condemnation-of-sinners-extended-to-others-who-approved/) The Church Fathers > [“His only-begotten Word, who is always present with the human race, united to and mingled with His own creation, according to the Father’s pleasure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/his-only-begotten-word-who-is-always-present-with-the-human-race/) The Church Fathers > [“For there is the one Son, who accomplished His Father’s will; and one human race also in which the mysteries of God are wrought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-there-is-the-one-son-who-accomplished-his-father-s-will-and-one/) The Church Fathers > [ “Mary, having a man betrothed \[to her\], and being nevertheless a virgin, by yielding obedience, become the cause of salvation, both to herself and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/mary-having-a-man-betrothed-to-her-and-being-nevertheless-a-virgin-by/) The Church Fathers > [“understanding of Christ, which Paul terms the wisdom of God hidden in a mystery, which “the natural man receiveth not,” the doctrine of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/understanding-of-christ-which-paul-terms-the-wisdom-of-god-hidden-in/) The Church Fathers > [“If, therefore, in the present time also, God, knowing the number of those who will not believe, since He foreknows all things, has given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/if-therefore-in-the-present-time-also-god-knowing-the-number-of-those/) The Church Fathers > [“The sea,” he says, “gave up the dead which it had in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead that they contained;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-sea-he-says-gave-up-the-dead-which-it-had-in-it-and-death-and/) The Church Fathers > [“Christ Himself, therefore, together with the Father, is the God of the living, who spake to Moses, and who was also manifested to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/christ-himself-therefore-together-with-the-father-is-the-god-of-the/) The Church Fathers > [“Those pastors are to be heard to whom the apostles committed the Churches, possessing one and the same doctrine of salvation; the”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/those-pastors-are-to-be-heard-to-whom-the-apostles-committed-the/) The Church Fathers > [“the friendship of God imparts immortality to those who embrace it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-friendship-of-god-imparts-immortality-to-those-who-embrace-it/) The Church Fathers > [“Put away from you all wicked desire, and clothe yourself with good and chaste desire; for clothed with this desire you will hate wicked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/put-away-from-you-all-wicked-desire-and-clothe-yourself-with-good-and/) The Church Fathers ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/son-of-god/the-church-fathers/#itemlist", "name": "15 Son of god Quotes By The Church Fathers", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“the inheritance of Judah that the Son of God shall come, who is God, and who was from Bethlehem, where the Lord was born”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-inheritance-of-judah-that-the-son-of-god-shall-come-who-is-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/the-church-fathers-1438_bethlehem_the-inheritance-of-judah-that-the-son-of_652339.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/the-church-fathers-1438_bethlehem_the-inheritance-of-judah-that-the-son-of_652339.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/the-church-fathers-1438_bethlehem_the-inheritance-of-judah-that-the-son-of_652339.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“the inheritance of Judah that the Son of God shall come, who is God, and who was from Bethlehem, where the…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He did also descend upon the Son of God, made the Son of man, becoming accustomed in fellowship with Him to dwell in the human race,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/he-did-also-descend-upon-the-son-of-god-made-the-son-of-man-becoming/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/the-church-fathers-1438_human-race_he-did-also-descend-upon-the-son-of-god_3190940.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/the-church-fathers-1438_human-race_he-did-also-descend-upon-the-son-of-god_3190940.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/the-church-fathers-1438_human-race_he-did-also-descend-upon-the-son-of-god_3190940.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He did also descend upon the Son of God, made the Son of man, becoming accustomed in fellowship with Him to…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“For He fulfils the bountiful and comprehensive will of His Father, inasmuch as He is Himself the Saviour of those who are saved, and the Lord of those who are under authority, and the God of all those things which have been formed, the only-begotten of the Father, Christ who was announced, and the Word of God, who became incarnate when the fulness of time had come, at which the Son of God had to become the Son of man.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-he-fulfils-the-bountiful-and-comprehensive-will-of-his-father/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/the-church-fathers-1438_father_for-he-fulfils-the-bountiful-and-compreh_2007941.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/the-church-fathers-1438_father_for-he-fulfils-the-bountiful-and-compreh_2007941.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/the-church-fathers-1438_father_for-he-fulfils-the-bountiful-and-compreh_2007941.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For He fulfils the bountiful and comprehensive will of His Father, inasmuch as He is Himself the Saviour of…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“the Son of God did not then begin to exist, being with the Father from the beginning; 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For by no other means could we have attained to incorruptibility and immortality, unless we had been united to incorruptibility and immortality. But how could we be joined to incorruptibility and immortality, unless, first, incorruptibility and immortality had become that which we also are, so that the corruptible might be swallowed up by incorruptibility, and the mortal by immortality, that we might receive the adoption of sons?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-it-was-for-this-end-that-the-word-of-god-was-made-man-and-he-who/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/the-church-fathers-1438_death_for-it-was-for-this-end-that-the-word-of_1222307.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/the-church-fathers-1438_death_for-it-was-for-this-end-that-the-word-of_1222307.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/the-church-fathers-1438_death_for-it-was-for-this-end-that-the-word-of_1222307.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For it was for this end that the Word of God was made man, and He who was the Son of God became the Son of…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“the Lord declared, “He that believeth in Me is not condemned,” that is, is not separated from God, for he is united to God through faith. On the other hand, He says, “He that believeth not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God;” that is, he separated himself from God of his own accord. “For this is the condemnation, that light is come into this world, and men have loved darkness rather than light. For every one who doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that he has wrought them in God.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-lord-declared-he-that-believeth-in-me-is-not-condemned-that-is-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/the-church-fathers-1438_son-of-god_the-lord-declared-he-that-believeth-in-m_807900.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/the-church-fathers-1438_son-of-god_the-lord-declared-he-that-believeth-in-m_807900.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/the-church-fathers-1438_son-of-god_the-lord-declared-he-that-believeth-in-m_807900.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“the Lord declared, “He that believeth in Me is not condemned,” that is, is not separated from God, for he is…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“God had power at the beginning to grant perfection to man; but as the latter was only recently created, he could not possibly have received it, or even if he had received it, could he have contained it, or containing it, could he have retained it. It was for this reason that the Son of God, although He was perfect, passed through the state of infancy in common with the rest of mankind, partaking of it thus not for His own benefit, but for that of the infantile stage of man’s existence, in order that man might be able to receive Him. There was nothing, therefore, impossible to and deficient in God, [implied in the fact] that man was not an uncreated being; but this merely applied to him who was lately created, [namely] man.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/god-had-power-at-the-beginning-to-grant-perfection-to-man-but-as-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/the-church-fathers-1438_life_god-had-power-at-the-beginning-to-grant_2656517.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/the-church-fathers-1438_life_god-had-power-at-the-beginning-to-grant_2656517.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/the-church-fathers-1438_life_god-had-power-at-the-beginning-to-grant_2656517.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“God had power at the beginning to grant perfection to man; but as the latter was only recently created, he…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“service [rendered] to God does indeed profit God nothing, nor has God need of human obedience; but He grants to those who follow and serve Him life and incorruption and eternal glory, bestowing benefit upon those who serve [Him], because they do serve Him, and on His followers, because they do follow Him; but does not receive any benefit from them: for He is rich, perfect, and in need of nothing. But for this reason does God demand service from men, in order that, since He is good and merciful, He may benefit those who continue in His service. For, as much as God is in want of nothing, so much does man stand in need of fellowship with God. For this is the glory of man, to continue and remain permanently in God’s service. Wherefore also did the Lord say to His disciples, “Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you;” indicating that they did not glorify Him when they followed Him; but that, in following the Son of God, they were glorified by Him. And”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/service-rendered-to-god-does-indeed-profit-god-nothing-nor-has-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f13/the-church-fathers-1438_fellowship-with-god_service-rendered-to-god-does-indeed-prof_236553.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f13/the-church-fathers-1438_fellowship-with-god_service-rendered-to-god-does-indeed-prof_236553.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f13/the-church-fathers-1438_fellowship-with-god_service-rendered-to-god-does-indeed-prof_236553.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“service [rendered] to God does indeed profit God nothing, nor has God need of human obedience; but He grants…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The sacred books acknowledge with regard to Christ, that as He is the Son of man, so is the same Being not a [mere] man; and as He is flesh, so is He also spirit, and the Word of God, and God. And as He was born of Mary in the last times, so did He also proceed from God as the First-begotten of every creature; and as He hungered, so did He satisfy [others]; and as He thirsted, so did He of old cause the Jews to drink, for the “Rock was Christ” Himself: thus does Jesus now give to His believing people power to drink spiritual waters, which spring up to life eternal. And as He was the son of David, so was He also the Lord of David. And as He was from Abraham, so did He also exist before Abraham. And as He was the servant of God, so is He the Son of God, and Lord of the universe. And as He was spit upon ignominiously, so also did He breathe the Holy Spirit into His disciples. And as He was saddened, so also did He give joy to His people. And as He was capable of being handled and touched, so again did He, in a non-apprehensible form, pass through the midst of those who sought to injure Him, and entered without impediment through closed doors. And as He slept, so did He also rule the sea, the winds, and the storms. And as He suffered, so also is He alive, and life-giving, and healing all our infirmity. And as He died, so is He also the Resurrection of the dead. He suffered shame on earth, while He is higher than all glory and praise in heaven; who, “though He was crucified through weakness, yet He liveth by divine power;” who “descended into the lower parts of the earth,” and who “ascended up above the heavens;” for whom a manger sufficed, yet who filled all things; who was dead, yet who liveth for ever and ever. Amen.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-sacred-books-acknowledge-with-regard-to-christ-that-as-he-is-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/the-church-fathers-1438_books_the-sacred-books-acknowledge-with-regard_2146728.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/the-church-fathers-1438_books_the-sacred-books-acknowledge-with-regard_2146728.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/the-church-fathers-1438_books_the-sacred-books-acknowledge-with-regard_2146728.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The sacred books acknowledge with regard to Christ, that as He is the Son of man, so is the same Being not a…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He shall also judge those who give rise to schisms, who are destitute of the love of God, and who look to their own special advantage rather than to the unity of the Church; and who for trifling reasons, or any kind of reason which occurs to them, cut in pieces and divide the great and glorious body of Christ, and so far as in them lies, [positively] destroy it,—men who prate of peace while they give rise to war, and do in truth strain out a gnat, but swallow a camel. For no reformation of so great importance can be effected by them, as will compensate for the mischief arising from their schism. He shall also judge all those who are beyond the pale of the truth, that is, who are outside the Church; but he himself shall be judged by no one. For to him all things are consistent: he has a full faith in one God Almighty, of whom are all things; and in the Son of God, Jesus Christ our Lord, by whom are all things, and in the dispensations connected with Him, by means of which the Son of God became man; and a firm belief in the Spirit of God, who furnishes us with a knowledge of the truth, and has set forth the dispensations of the Father and the Son, in virtue of which He dwells with every generation of men, according to the will of the Father.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/he-shall-also-judge-those-who-give-rise-to-schisms-who-are-destitute/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b40/the-church-fathers-1438_body-of-christ_he-shall-also-judge-those-who-give-rise_570467.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b40/the-church-fathers-1438_body-of-christ_he-shall-also-judge-those-who-give-rise_570467.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b40/the-church-fathers-1438_body-of-christ_he-shall-also-judge-those-who-give-rise_570467.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He shall also judge those who give rise to schisms, who are destitute of the love of God, and who look to…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“the path of those belonging to the Church circumscribes the whole world, as possessing the sure tradition from the apostles, and gives unto us to see that the faith of all is one and the same, since all receive one and the same God the Father, and believe in the same dispensation regarding the incarnation of the Son of God, and are cognizant of the same gift of the Spirit, and are conversant with the same commandments, and preserve the same form of ecclesiastical constitution, and expect the same advent of the Lord, and await the same salvation of the complete man, that is, of the soul and body. And undoubtedly the preaching of the Church is true and stedfast, in which one and the same way of salvation is shown throughout the whole world. For to her is entrusted the light of God; and therefore the “wisdom” of God, by means of which she saves all men, “is declared in [its] going forth; it uttereth [its voice] faithfully in the streets, is preached on the tops of the walls, and speaks continually in the gates of the city.” For the Church preaches the truth everywhere, and she is the seven-branched candlestick which bears the light of Christ.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "The Church Fathers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-path-of-those-belonging-to-the-church-circumscribes-the-whole/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edd/the-church-fathers-1438_light-of-christ_the-path-of-those-belonging-to-the-churc_550068.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edd/the-church-fathers-1438_light-of-christ_the-path-of-those-belonging-to-the-churc_550068.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edd/the-church-fathers-1438_light-of-christ_the-path-of-those-belonging-to-the-churc_550068.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“the path of those belonging to the Church circumscribes the whole world, as possessing the sure tradition…” — The Church Fathers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“God is powerful in all things, having been seen at that time indeed, prophetically through the Spirit, and seen, too, adoptively through the Son; and He shall also be seen paternally in the kingdom of heaven, the Spirit truly preparing man in the Son of God, and the Son leading him to the Father, while the Father, too, confers [upon him] incorruption for eternal life, which comes to every one from the fact of his seeing God. For as those who see the light are within the light, and partake of its brilliancy; even so, those who see God are in God, and receive of His splendour. But [His] splendour vivifies them; those, therefore, who see God, do receive life. And for this reason, He, [although] beyond comprehension, and boundless and invisible, rendered Himself visible, and comprehensible, and within the capacity of those who believe, that He might vivify those who receive and behold Him through faith. For as His greatness is past finding out, so also His goodness is beyond expression; by which having been seen, He bestows life upon those who see Him. 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